Draining board for sinks



' Jan. 17, 1939.

W. S. C. GLOVER DRAINI'NG B oARD FOR sINKs Filed April 23, 1938 2 m?.ffrfffhmmn Jan. 17, 1939. W. s, c. GLOVERV l 2,144,183

DRAINING BOARD FOR sINKs Filed April 23, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2#27o/'means v Patented Jan. 17, 1939 ATENT `ort-Ice 2,144,183 DRAINING-BOARD FOR SINKS William Stephen Cox Glover, Seaford, England ApplicationApril 23, 1938, Serial No. 203,905 In Great Britain April 22, 1937 6Claims.

This invention relates to sinks and sink boards therefor, and has forits object to enable sink boards to be used in cases where the sink isso located, relatively to adjacent structural features 6 that the usualsink board cannot be tted as a permanent xture in the usual manner.

To this end, the invention consists in the improved method of mounting asink board relatively to a sink according to which a sink board isprovided with one or more pins extending from the underside thereof, andnear one end thereof, the axis of said pin, or of each pin, being set,laterally, at right angles to the plane of the board and,longitudinally, at an angle which differs from a right angle by half theinclination to the horizontal of the sink board when the latter is inuse, whilst thesink is provided with one or more similarly inclinedsockets for receiving said pin or pins. By this method, a sink board isarranged to extend laterally of the sink in the usual manner or tooverlie the sink, at will. Each socket may be formed in the body of thesink and is preferably provided, especially if the sink be of porcelain,with a bush, e. g., of metal, or if the sink be of wood or metal, thesocket may be formed in a bracket which may be screwed to the sink.Alternatively, the socket may be formed in a member adapted to hook overthe end of the sink and clamped thereto. In some cases, however, thesocket may be formed in a metal plate which is held against the sink bymeans of a clamp constituting a separate element.

Various forms of the invention will now be described by way of examplewith reference to the accompanying drawings of which Figure 1 is afragmentary section of one end of .a sink and sink board illustratingone form of the invention; Figures 2 and 3 are similar views ofmodifications; Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan of the form of theinvention shown in Figure 3, the sink board being omitted; Figures 5, 6,7 and 8 are a plan, front elevation, rear elevation and central section,respectively showing an attachment which may be clamped in position upona sink and which presents a socket, whilst Figure 9 is a plan of amodification of the invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the end of a sink II, which may be of wood, isformed with a socket- I2 which may, if desired, be lined with a metalsleeve, the axis of the socket I2 being offset from the vertical by anangle a. A sink board I3 has mounted at its under surface a pin I4 whichis set, laterally, at right angles to the board I3, and, longitudinallyat an angle which differs from a right angle by the angle a. The pin I4may be integral with a plate or the like I5 which lies flat against theunder surface of the sink board I3.

When the board I3 is mounted in position, the pin I4 is received in thesocket I2.

The arrangement is such that in the position of 5., use shown in Figure1, the sink board I3 is inclined to the horizontal by an angle equal to2a, whilst, it can be swung about the pin I4 through an angle of 180 tolie in a horizontal plane covering the sink II.

In the modification shown in Figure 2, I I indicates a wooden or metalsink to which there is secured by screws I6 a bracket I'I havingoutwardly extending arms I8, I9, which are apertured to give passage tothe pin I4 of the sink 15 board I3. The apertures are relatively locatedso that the socket for the pin I4 formed by said apertures, and the pinI4 itself are angularly orfset in the manner described with reference toFigure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 show a further modification in which the sink Il is ofporcelain, and is formed with an enlargement 2U in which is formed thesocket I2 which may be lined with a metal sleeve 2| formed at its upperend with a ange 22 and screw threaded at its lower end as at 23. Thesleeve 2| may be secured in position by a nut 24 engaging with the screwthreads at 23.

Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 show a device which may be clamped to a sink andpresent a socket. As shown, a metal plate 25 is formed with tabs 2Bextending at right angles thereto and with outwardly directed lugs 21,28 formed with apertures 29, 30 respectively, Vwhich apertures togetherconstitute a socket to receive the pin I4 of the sink board I3. Theplate 25 is positioned on the sink I I as shown in the drawings, and aU-member 3l is caused to straddle the plate 25, and the end of the sinkI I; screws 32 are then tightened to press the plate 25 rmly against theend of the sink I I and to clamp the whole in position.

It will be appreciated that this device enables a sink board to be usedwith any sink.

In the modication shown in Figure 9, two sockets I2 are formed in thesink II and the sink board carries two pins similar to that shown at I4in Figure 1 and which are received in the sockets I2. With this form ofthe invention, when the sink board I3 is not required for use, it may beremoved, turned through 180 and re-` placed, so that it overlies thesink II, by reinserting the pins in the sockets I2. Similarly aplurality of pins may be employed with the other forms of the invention.

If desired, a ange may be provided on the pin I4 to limit its axialmovement into the socket I2 and, where the sink board I3 has one pin I4only, the flange and an adjacent part may be serrated to prevent anytendency of the sink board to swing about the axis of its pin.

I claim:

1. In combination with a drain board, mounting means for said drainboard capable of permitting the same to occupy two reversed positionsincluding at leastI one member projecting from the lower side thereof atan acute angle which diiers from a right angle by one-half the anglewhich said board is adapted to make with the horizontal when in one ofsaid'jpos-itionsv, any

element having a socket therein for receiving said member, and means tomount said element with said socket inclined from-the verticalby-thesame angular difference as said projecting member, whereby in the rst ofsaid positions said drain board will be inclined while in the otherposition it' will be horizontal.

2. In aldevice as` claimed in claim 1, said element comprising a sink inwhich said socket is formed.

3. In a device as claimed in claim 1, said element comprising a sink inwhich said socket is formed, and a metal bushing in said socket.

4. In a device as claimed in claim 1, said last means comprising meansto secure said element to a sink.

5. In combination with a drain board, mounting means for said drainboard capable of permitting the same to occupy two reversed positionsincluding at least one plate secured to the bottom of said drain board,a pin integral with said plate and extending therefrom at an acute anglewhich differs from a right angle by onehalf the angle which said boardis adapted to make with the'horizontal when in one of said positions, amember having a socket therein for receiving said pin, and means tosecure said member to-.asink withsaid socket inclined from theVertical-bythe same angular difference as said projecting member,whereby in the first of said positions'said drain board will be inclinedwhile infthe other positionit will be horizontal.

6. In af device as claimed in claim 1, said member beingturnable in-saidsocket.

WILLIAM STEPHEN COX GLOVER.

